Plot: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.

Movie Plot:

Sophie, an orphaned young girl, lives in a London orphanage. One late evening, she is awake and looks out the window, she sees a giant. The giant takes her into Giant Country. Sophie attempts to escape, but the giant catches her. She asks why he took her. The giant says that she saw him and didn’t want her to spread the word. The giant introduces himself as the “Big Friendly Giant” (or BFG for short). Later, the BFG reads a book and Sophie falls asleep. The BFG gives her a nightmare about her trying to escape, only to be eaten by an even bigger giant.

She wakes up and knows that the BFG gave her that nightmare. The BFG says that it wouldn’t be safe for her if she tries to escape, as the other giants (who are much larger than even the BFG) eat humans. Just then, the fearsome leader of the man-eating giants called the Fleshlumpeater, enters the BFG’s home. Sophie hides in a gruesome vegetable called a snozzcumber. She is almost eaten, but the Fleshlumpeater leaves upon the BFG stating that his group doesn’t like vegetables.